Monday, November 9, 2026

Why don’t we have free trade for highly paid professions in the U.S.?

The potential benefits for the economy would be enormous.

Critical Foreign Policy Questions

We won’t likely hear these questions asked in the final presidential debate, but their answers are critical to our democratic future.

Pent up Fury Beneath the Bernie and Donnie Phenomena

They are the reason the Bernie and Donnie phenomena are not just 2016 flare-ups — but in the words of Sanders' clarion call — "a political revolution."
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The ghost of Hubert Humphrey is stalking Kamala Harris

Hubert Humphrey faced the choice to keep supporting the war or speak out for a change in 1968. Kamala Harris faces it now.

Donald Trump is attempting a coup – we must have a special prosecutor

The firing of FBI Director James Comey makes an independent investigation of Trump and Russia more important than ever.

Cops killing kids has got to stop!!

Offing unarmed adults is bad enough.

Beyond our control

America in the Mid-Seventies and 2020

Corporate media and ‘moderate’ democrats are defending the oligarchy against Bernie Sanders

If Biden, Buttigieg, Klobuchar or Bloomberg win the Democratic presidential nomination, that would be a triumph for oligarchy in the midst of rising grassroots opposition.

Who follows loser Trump? Can yapping yahoos cohere after endless havoc?

Great crises loom for party backers –/ Who corrals berserk bushwhackers?

What Trump’s idea to break up big banks could mean for average Americans

While it is unclear whether Trump’s plans are serious, it’s worth considering what breaking up the banks could mean for typical bank customers.